The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-08-12
SUMMARY OF fHE NEWS.
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uub uouUeEeU TUG 0E9uO Army In pefpeGQlty
the Mctlregor cottage, in which Gen. Grant
died.
The ship Prince Albert from Rio Janeiro
anil the bark Carrie l.. Tyler arrived on Sat
urday and were detained in quarantine, the
vessels being infected with yellow fever.
A. W. wilkins, editor of the Whitehall
Times and president of the New York Press
association, died at Whitehall New York, on
Tuesday, after an illness of onl, a few hours.
The urims dam, covering two acres, near
boyerstown, Pennsylvania, near Reading,
burst through Its breast c'gsteen feet hieh
Monday morning, destroying everything In
the vicinity.
A Gaalitxin, Pennsylvania, special Gays: A
Hungarian coke drawer went to work Mon.
day at the mines Of the Blair Iron and Coal
company. Later q number Of his countrymen
sought him and murdered him for being q
traitor to the cause Of their strike.
Monday afternoon q terrible storm and
cyclone passed over the regions south of
Knoxville, Pennsylvania, extending through
the edges of Deerfield township and Chatham.
Grain was leveled to the ground and forest
and orchard trees were torn up bv the roots.
Great loss has been sustained by the farmers.
hurricane, accompanied by rain and hail,
prevailed at New Brunswick, New Jersey, for
an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon. The
rainfall was the heaviest in many years. The
streets were deluged and badly damaged, and
cellars aooded. The fires In a number OF fac.
tories were %extinguished, and several build,
ings struck by lightning.
Geo. Whitstcin, aged 20, a furniture dealer
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, in ft of Jealousy
shot bis wife three times and then shot him.
self in the mouth. He died in fifteen minutes
u his wife will not live. The couple have
lived apart for several months, and 1t was on
this account that the shooting took place,
His wife was only thirty years old.
Near Peach Springs, A. T., Tuesday night,
the east-bound passenger train on the Allan.
tic and Pacific road ran into the rear end OF a
freight train, wrecktng the engine and mail
car OF the former and the caboose and two
freightcars OF the latter train. The fireman
OF the passenger train was killed and the en-
gtneer severely injured. A number of pas.
sengers were badly shaken up.
About IL O'Clock Monday morning James
Martin, a painter, aged ~ years, fell from the
Brooklyn bridge into the river below, q dis.
lance Of 12O feet. lie struck on his chest and
Immediately sank. A tug boat engineer res.
cued him and he was taken to the Chamber
street hospital where 1t was found he had SUE.
tanned no serious injury and complained only
of a slight pain in the chest.
One Of the most terrific storms ever wit
messed In the section passed over strouchs-
burg, near Reading, Pennsylvania, Monday
night, and many fields and buildings we're
Hooded. The historic Christ Lutheran church,
one mile from town, was struck by lightning
and completely burned. The loss to the con.
grcgation will be 100000. This cdiicc was
built In 1743 and rebuilt in 1856. 1t was one
OF the first Lutheran churches built in this
country.
Mrs. Lille Schlimmcr, a sixteen year old
wife, was murdered in cold blood by her
youthful husband Joseph, in Jersey City, ut
9 O'Clock Monday afternoon. The couple
were married with the consent of the girls
parents, but on account of his age 1t was
agreed they should not live together for two
years. 1t is said young schlimmer has been
endeavoring to persuade the girl to leave the
parental roof. She refused, and he had been
hanging suspiciously around the house ever
since.
Mrs. w. H. Lisle, of L%ansingburg, New
York, with her two small children, left that
place Monday evening for Glcnn's Falls. The
train stopped at Fort Edwards and something
occurred to excite the lady, and she attempt.
ed to Jump from the coach to the platform.
She threw one OF her children first and then
sprang after 1t with the other. She fell under
the cars and received injuries from which size
died, and which resulted in the death of one
OF her children. The other child was rescued
by the engineer.
There was a christening in the family Of
Mr.. Muelen, III l;=aoklyn, which broke up
about midnight Il a desperate fight, in which
one man was Killed and a woman fatally
wounded and two or three guests cut and
bruised. There were about fifteen or sixteen
guests, and the festivities went along
pleasantly until a late hour, when Daniel
Mullen and Dennis Dillon made thei- appear
ance and commenced to fight with the guests.
The visit Of the two men grew out of a feud
of six months standing between the brothers
John and Norris Mullen,
There was great excitement among tlle
brokers' in the New York cotton exchange
Friday, when August cotton broke SO points.
carrying the price down to 0.s7 cents. The
drop was due to a decline of 4 points in
Liverpool, equal to l2 points here, and heavy
selling OF long cotton, though the bulls claim
that August was raided to some extent. A
good many stop orders were caught, and when
August reached 10 cents all support seemed
to be Withdrawn, whercupon there was a wild
scramble to sell. August was the center of
attraction, and sales were very heavy.
Three hundred colorcd veterans of the war
held a reunion at Boston on Monday a, d
Tuesday. A long set of resolutions W. 4
adopted, setting forth the value of the
services of the colorcd soldiers and sailors.
declaring 1t the duty of the government to
remedy the evils until the colored man shall |
have equal protection under the law with \
their white brethren. The action Of the dc. j
partment commander Of the G. A. r.. in re.
iusing Il charter to a post Of colored veteran |
was severely ccnsurcd. Steps will be taken
to form a permanent organization.
A horrible tragedy occurred in South Cam.
den, New Jersey, on Monday morning. VII.
liam Wiltshire, keeper of an oyster saloon,
has for a long time lived %unhappily with his
wife. Two weeks ago, tired Of his abuse, she
went to the office Of Squire Darr, colored. a